EditorialPaved with gold; or, The romance and reality of the streets of London. Twenty-six etchings by Phiz [pseud.] : Mayhew, Augustus Septimus, 1826-1875.
EditorialView of the city of Paramaribo and Fort Zeelandia, Houses on the water (Paramaribo) under a large cloudy sky. On the right a fortification (Fort Zeelandia) with large flagpole and Dutch flag. On the left a few ships on the roadstead, on the left a pave...
EditorialCordova - Street View. The streets of Cordova are said to be the first that were ever paved in Europe., Frank Mason Good (English, 1839 - 1928), about 1870, Albumen silver print.
EditorialScenes on the route of Thomas W. Wilby, the pathfinder on his journey from Halifax to Victoria. On August 27, 1912,Thomas Wilby and Jack Haney set out to become the first motorists to cross Canada, at a time when there were only 16 kilometres of paved ...
EditorialNegative - Geelong, Victoria, circa 1920, A woman and dog standing beside a car. The car is on a blue stone paved street and there is a wrought iron fence behind her.
EditorialGreece. Ancient Corinth. Lechaion Way. Marble-paved road to the port of Lechaion. It began in the agora with a monumental propylon. In regular use until 10th century. Remains. Peloponnese region.
EditorialSpain. Aragon. Celsa. It was an important pre-Roman (Illergetes tribe) and Roman city (Colonia Victrix Iulia Celsa). View of the paved street. Near Velilla de Ebro, province of Saragossa.
EditorialJOAN OF ARC (JEAND'ARC) AT THE SIEGE OF PARIS, FRANCE. is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She was born a peasant girl in what is now eastern France. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories d...
EditorialSpain. Aragon. Celsa. It was an important pre-Roman (Illergetes tribe) and Roman city (Colonia Victrix Iulia Celsa). View of the paved street. Near Velilla de Ebro, province of Saragossa.
EditorialMandarin on horseback. A Mandarin wearing a cape over his tunic and boots rides to left on a paved road carrying two scrolls across his shoulders, with two assistants and their horses standing by the road and figures watching from the fields in the bac...
EditorialA man on a donkey, a woman and a young child travel on a paved road in the foreground, with a view of a Roman arch in the background. View of Arco Felice = Vue de L'Arco Felice. [London] : Publish'd as the Act directs, by P. Sandby & A. Robertson. Sep....
EditorialBritish infantry soldiers led by an officer on horseback, walk up a paved road by a river, with mountains in the background. Pass near Villa Franca. London : Published by J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, April 28 1809. Source: Maps K.Top.74.75. L...
EditorialMausoleum of Sultan Chusero near Allahabad. Sultan Chusero's tomb is situated amidst trees of considerable magnitude in a handsome garden, with paved walks, avenues and fountains. 1796. Coloured aquatint. Source: P927. Language: English.
EditorialMandarin on horseback. A Mandarin wearing a cape over his tunic and boots rides to left on a paved road carrying two scrolls across his shoulders, with two assistants and their horses standing by the road and figures watching from the fields in the bac...
EditorialGroups of figures and a cart loaded with barrels and pulled by oxen travel on a paved road in the foreground, with an arched entrance to the Grotto of Posillipo in the background. A View of the Grotto of Pausilippo = Vu? de la Grotte de Pausilippo. [L...
EditorialPaved Footpath near Shining Tor, Climbing towards Cats Tor on a squally and changeable Saturday in early November, UK, art, art Britain, Artist: Sarah Smith.
EditorialMain plaza or Zocalo in Mexico City, circa 1800. With equestrian statue of King Charles VI of Spain, gated square paved with porphyry stones, vice-roy's palace 1, cathedral 2 and part under construction in the Moorish style 3. Handcoloured copperplate ...
EditorialJoan of Arc or The Maid of Orleans. Folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She led the French army to several important victories against England during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France...
EditorialJoan of Arc or The Maid of Orleans. Folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She led the French army to several important victories against England during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France...
EditorialJOAN OF ARC (JEAND'ARC) AT THE SIEGE OF PARIS, FRANCE. is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She was born a peasant girl in what is now eastern France. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories d...
EditorialHerculaneum, street with stepping stones. Streets were usually paved with basalt stones; since there was no sewage system, roads were flooded during rainy periods and lava stepping stones were laid for pedestrians to cross.
EditorialColbert, Jean-Baptiste (1619-1683) Most influential Minister of Louis XIV, successor to disgraced Minister of Finance Nicolas Fouquet. His reform of the Royal administration paved the way for French absolutism.
EditorialA network of streets, parallel and at right angles, cut through the " insulae" on which houses were built. In the center, two colonnaded streets formed a cross. The roadbeds were paved with limestone while the colonnaded walkways had mosaic f...